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that's the one thing that john boehner said he will not do is raise rates. >> everybody is guessing. i have no more expertise than anyone else. they're guessing we'll go over the cliff. taxes will go up. democrats proposes a bill that cuts taxes on the middle class. the republicans don't dare vote it down. we'll have gotten the higher taxes on the wealthy through this back door route. tim geithner is right. you cannot have a seer imrus plan unless those tax rates on the wealthy go up. >> ifill: the president is... hassles proposedded something that john boehner calls silliness or secretary geithner actually did which is taking thed why of the debt ceiling off of congress' plate. something which members of congress seem to think at least is a no starter. what is the value in putting that out there? >> well again it needs to be said. this is crazy. the way that the debt ceiling works is that congress can actually vote to not tax enough to pay for the spending it proposes and then it can refuse to allow the government to borrow the money to make up the difference between its own spendin
that's the one thing that john boehner said he will not do is raise rates. >> everybody is guessing. i have no more expertise than anyone else. they're guessing we'll go over the cliff. taxes will go up. democrats proposes a bill that cuts taxes on the middle class. the republicans don't dare vote it down. we'll have gotten the higher taxes on the wealthy through this back door route. tim geithner is right. you cannot have a seer imrus plan unless those tax rates on the wealthy go up....
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capitol this afternoon. >> woodruff: speaker john boehner, thank you very much for talking with us. >> good to be here. >> woodruff: so you begin this new year with polls showing the american people have never held congress in such low regard. is that something that you think congress deserves? >> well, judy, welcome to divided government. you know, the house is controlled by republicans, the senate controlled by democrats. we have a democrat in the white house. both parties have strongly held positions, but i think the american people expect and frankly deserve for us-- even though we have strongly held positions-- to find enough common ground to do what is necessary to get our economy moving again and get people back to work. >> woodruff: well, the polls also show that people think that a lot of it this gridlock and what they see that they don't like is due to members spending more time doing partisan bickering than doing what's good for the country. is that a fair perception? >> i don't think so. on an average day, 90% of the time members of congress, both sides of the aisle, are w
capitol this afternoon. >> woodruff: speaker john boehner, thank you very much for talking with us. >> good to be here. >> woodruff: so you begin this new year with polls showing the american people have never held congress in such low regard. is that something that you think congress deserves? >> well, judy, welcome to divided government. you know, the house is controlled by republicans, the senate controlled by democrats. we have a democrat in the white house. both...
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in a letter sent to the white house today, speaker of the house john boehner rejected the president's approach, writing that republicans cannot in good conscience agree to this approach which is neither balanced nor realistic. his counter-offer, save $2.2 trillion by among other things raising $800 billion in new revenues. the plan would also raise the future eligibility age for medicare and alter medicaid to save another $600 billion. the republican plan would not increase tax rates for the wealthy. the president is campaigning for his plan, taking questions on twitter today, and releasing this new web video. >> under my plan, first of all, 98% of folks who make less than $250,000, you wouldn't see your income taxes go up a single dime. all right? because you're the ones who need relief. >> ifill: treasury secretary timothy geithner met with congressional leaders last week and pressed the administration's case in a series of talk show appearances this weekend. >> rates are going to have to go up on the wealthiest americans. those rates are going to have to go up. >> there's no possib
in a letter sent to the white house today, speaker of the house john boehner rejected the president's approach, writing that republicans cannot in good conscience agree to this approach which is neither balanced nor realistic. his counter-offer, save $2.2 trillion by among other things raising $800 billion in new revenues. the plan would also raise the future eligibility age for medicare and alter medicaid to save another $600 billion. the republican plan would not increase tax rates for the...
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today, house speaker john boehner offered a republican bill to take the money out of funding for the health care reform law. he scheduled a vote for friday. the secretary of homeland security janet napolitano said today she doubts the secret service prostitution scandal was part of a pattern. a dozen agents were implicated. eight have been forced out, one lost his security clearance, and three were cleared of serious wrongdoing. napolitano told a senate hearing she'd be surprised if there was a larger problem. >> a full and thorough investigation is under way to determine exactly what transpired and actions we need to take to ensure that this kind of conduct doesn't happen again. let me be clear. we will not allow the actions of a few to tarnish the proud legacy of the secret service. >> holman: 12 members of the military are also under investigation in the scandal. pentagon officials briefed senators but republican john mccain complained they provided appallingly little new information. in syria, a damascus suburb came under heavy mortar and machine gun fire for a second day. amateu
today, house speaker john boehner offered a republican bill to take the money out of funding for the health care reform law. he scheduled a vote for friday. the secretary of homeland security janet napolitano said today she doubts the secret service prostitution scandal was part of a pattern. a dozen agents were implicated. eight have been forced out, one lost his security clearance, and three were cleared of serious wrongdoing. napolitano told a senate hearing she'd be surprised if there was a...
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. >> sreenivasan: on the republican side, house speaker john boehner said it was today's drought measure, or nothing at all, because the farm bill is stalled. >> the house is pretty well- divided. you've got the left concerned about reductions in the food stamp program. you've got the right who don't think the cuts go far enough in the food stamp program to bring it into compliance with what the law has been. and frankly i haven't seen 218 votes in the middle to pass the farm bill. >> sreenivasan: the current farm bill is set to expire at the end of september. the house's drought bill is not expected to survive in the senate. legislation to prevent cyber attacks on critical industries will have to wait. senate republicans blocked a final vote today. they argued the bill would mean new regulations that increase costs without doing much to reduce the risk of attacks. democrats said the bill is needed now to protect everything from power grids to water supplies. both sides said they'll work on a compromise, after the august recess. afghan security forces killed five insurgents in a pre-dawn
. >> sreenivasan: on the republican side, house speaker john boehner said it was today's drought measure, or nothing at all, because the farm bill is stalled. >> the house is pretty well- divided. you've got the left concerned about reductions in the food stamp program. you've got the right who don't think the cuts go far enough in the food stamp program to bring it into compliance with what the law has been. and frankly i haven't seen 218 votes in the middle to pass the farm bill....
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. >> woodruff: that came after house speaker john boehner made this assessment of the g.o.p's prospects in april on fox news. >> i would say that there is a two-in-three chance that we win control of the house again, but there's a one-in-three chance that we could lose, and i'm being myself, frank. we've got a big challenge, and we've got work to do. >> woodruff: a new reuters poll found that voters nationally would pick the democratic candidate in their district 47% to 44% over the republican choice, giving democrats confidence that winning the majority is at least possible. but the fact is, democrats need 25 more seats to take back power this fall, and both parties know the decennial redistricting process makes that even harder. shira toeplitz covers congressional elections for roll call. >> redistricting has drastically changed a lot of these competitive house seats. places where in the last ten years we've seen competitive house races, they aren't as competitive any more because one party or the other redrew the lines around these house seats to make them more democratic or more rep
. >> woodruff: that came after house speaker john boehner made this assessment of the g.o.p's prospects in april on fox news. >> i would say that there is a two-in-three chance that we win control of the house again, but there's a one-in-three chance that we could lose, and i'm being myself, frank. we've got a big challenge, and we've got work to do. >> woodruff: a new reuters poll found that voters nationally would pick the democratic candidate in their district 47% to 44%...